Re: [Renewal notice] Adam - you are one of Wikipedia's rarest supporters.

[Adam Dobrin]

Mmhmm

On Tue, Sep 17, 2024, 10:33 AM Li...@wikipedia.org <don...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

I owe you an update.

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Dear Adam, Please don't skip this, it will only take 1 minute. I'm sorry to interrupt, but it's Tuesday, September 17, 2024 and I don't email you often. My name is Lisa Seitz Gruwell, and I'm Chief Fundraising Officer at the Wikimedia Foundation. Two years ago, you donated $10‍ to help us support Wikipedia so it may continue to bring you and millions of people around the world value. For this I want to thank you warmly. Since your last gift, the number of Wikipedia readers has not declined, but still only 2% support our work. So if Wikipedia still regularly provides you with the answers you need, please consider renewing your support this September.   We still need you. Please remain an active Wikipedia supporter.   Renew your one-time $10‍ donation   Give less: $5‍   Set up a $2.75‍ monthly donation   We deliberately keep our fundraiser as short as possible to avoid distracting our readers, but that means every day really counts. Will you join the 2% of readers who give? We don't charge a subscription fee or run ads because we don't want to put barriers between you and the knowledge you seek. In return, can we count on your support today? No gift is too big or too small.

If all our past donors gave a small amount today, our fundraiser would be over. It's easy to ignore these messages, but we kindly ask our loyal readers to reflect on the value they got from Wikipedia this year and make a gift if they can.

We're a non-profit. That means we aren't selling the articles that millions of people read on Wikipedia and its sister sites each day. We don't profit from the knowledge you seek. In fact, we firmly believe that knowledge should exist outside of the realm of supply and demand. That's hardly a given nowadays; so much of the world's digital knowledge is driven by profit.   Adam Dobrin Supporting Wikipedia since 2022   Wikipedia is different in that it doesn't belong to the highest bidder, the advertisers, or corporations. It belongs to you, the readers, editors, and donors. You're our community, our family. You're the reason we exist and we wouldn't have it any other way. It's readers like you who safeguard our non-profit mission. You help us maintain our integrity, quality, and accessibility. Today, please consider giving again, or even increasing your gift, to show the world that access to independent information matters to you. Now is the time we ask: can we count on you to renew your solidarity with a small donation? It will help us expand the reach of Wikipedia and meet new readers thirsty for a world of knowledge. https://donate.wikimedia.org Thanks, Lisa Seitz Gruwell Chief Fundraising Officer Wikimedia Foundation P.S: If you have already donated using a different email address, thank you!   Renew your donation   Set up a monthly donation

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